Dear Friends of NCSE,
A new poll on global warming from the Pew Research Center for the
People and the Press. Plus a new report discusses acceptance of
climate change among Republicans, and NCSE's Josh Rosenau discusses
what the creationist movement reveals about the future of climate
change denial.

Dear Friends of NCSE,
The Baton Rouge Advocate endorses the effort to repeal Louisiana's
antievolution law. NCSE's Eugenie C. Scott is named as the Rosenblatt
Lecturer at the Scripps Institution of Oceanography for 2013. A
proposed revision to the British national curriculum would eliminate
any discussion of climate change at the primary level. And a bill to
repeal the antievolution law in Louisiana is prefiled -- will the
third time be the charm?

Dear Friends of NCSE,
The second of Oklahoma's antiscience bills is dead. A new batch of
videos at NCSE's YouTube channel. And ClimateWire covers the recent
spate of bills aimed at enabling climate change denial in the public
schools.

Dear friends of NCSE,
The young-earth creationist Duane T. Gish is dead. A new report from
NCSE discusses how to improve climate and energy literacy in the
United States over the next decade. Plus a preview of Peter D. Ward's
The Flooded Earth; Zack Kopplin is interviewed on Moyers and Friends;
Kansas's "strengths and weaknesses" bill aimed at climate science is
dead; and NCSE's Glenn Branch discusses the provenance of antiscience
bills at DeSmogBlog.

Dear Friends of NCSE,
A new issue of Reports of the NCSE. A graveyard of antiscience bills:
Indiana, Arizona, and Oklahoma. And a failed proposal to amend the
Virginia state constitution in a way that apparently would allow
students to opt out of learning about evolution.

Dear Friends of NCSE,
The Friend of Darwin awards for 2013 are announced. Plus a detailed
profile of Zack Kopplin appeared in the Houston Press, NCSE's Project
Steve celebrated its tenth anniversary, and a "strengths and
weaknesses" bill aimed at climate science was introduced in the Kansas
legislature.

Dear Friends of NCSE,
Good news from Montana and Colorado. The New York Times discusses the
proposed Congressional resolution about Darwin Day while the Guardian
discusses the current spate of antievolution legislation. And a
reminder about Darwin Day.

RSS Syndication

Antievolutionists Say the Darndest Things

Antievolutionists often express outrage over alleged incivility from those who oppose their efforts to evade the establishment clause of the First Amendment. But they have no difficulty in dishing out the abuse themselves. Here is a sample from the Invidious Comparisons thread that documents egregious behavior on the part of the religious antievolution advocates.

Behind this student movement is a more general intellectual movement that will bear fruit in the coming century. It is a bit thin on the ground for now, but so was the Christian faith in the first century. Materialism as a philosophy is superficially powerful but moribund, as we saw when the Soviet Union collapsed without a struggle a decade ago. Methodological naturalism is a branch on the materialist tree that will lose its power to intimidate when the tree is known to be hanging in midair.